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Posted on Thu 1st August, 2013 by Michael
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Becoming mature is refusing to live a reduced life. Maturity is not a hallmark of our culture , our culture is rather about getting more or doing more, rather than becoming more. Becoming mature means getting outside your present comfort zone. Don’t let someone tell you that you cannot do something especially if they have […]
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Posted on Wed 31st July, 2013 by Michael
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What percentage of invitation happens on-line? We might be able to learn something from the business world A yearlong study from the US based research firm the Keller Fay Group, which included more than 32,000 participants, found that 91 percent of respondents’ information about brands came as a result of face-to-face conversations or over the phone. […]
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Posted on Tue 30th July, 2013 by Michael
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Jesus in the parable of the talents seems to suggest that whatever you don’t use you lose. Therefore we might conclude that lack of use causes loss, and we might then say, faith unused declines. Invitation is a helpful tool to prevent giving up the gift of faith. In invitation you just have to use […]
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Posted on Sun 28th July, 2013 by Michael
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Then Jesus called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. In terms of mission the church consists of the wills or the will nots. A willingness to do that which is required. Many people are not […]
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Posted on Thu 25th July, 2013 by Michael
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Those of us working for the extension of the kingdom of God will never see the results of our work. We plant sequoias. The redwood forests are the remains of the virgin sequoia forest. These redwood trees have a lifespan of over two thousand years. We are in a long line of disciples who have […]
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Posted on Wed 24th July, 2013 by Michael
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William Shakespeare wrote the following line in the tragedy of Julius Caesar “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when […]
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Posted on Tue 23rd July, 2013 by Michael
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George Bernard Shaw said “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of […]
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